Grand Rapids News Archives: Businesstag:blog.mlive.com,2014:/grpress/8782008-06-21T11:32:15ZArchived News, Entertainment and SportsMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advancePriceline.com wins tax breaktag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12858842008-08-13T11:28:10Z2008-08-13T11:32:02Z WYOMING -- City officials fast-tracked a tax break for Priceline.com as the company transforms an office building at 4147 Eastern Ave. SE, formerly housing Siemens Dematic and Smiths Industries, into a call center for one of its online ventures....The Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gschroder/index.html
WYOMING -- City officials fast-tracked a tax break for Priceline.com as the company transforms an office building at 4147 Eastern Ave. SE, formerly housing Siemens Dematic and Smiths Industries, into a call center for one of its online ventures....
Office-furniture makers get guide for going greentag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12856522008-08-13T08:49:22Z2010-02-02T20:47:38ZDarin Estephttp://connect.mlive.com/user/destep/index.html
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Meijer wants reversal of Grand Traverse County judge's decision to reopen lawsuitstag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12850432008-08-13T02:04:08Z2008-08-13T02:07:15Z GRAND RAPIDS -- Meijer Inc. is asking the state appeals court to throw out a Grand Traverse County judge's decision allowing Acme Township officials to reopen their lawsuits against the Walker-based retailer. The emergency appeal filed with the state...The Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/ebriesch/index.html
GRAND RAPIDS -- Meijer Inc. is asking the state appeals court to throw out a Grand Traverse County judge's decision allowing Acme Township officials to reopen their lawsuits against the Walker-based retailer. The emergency appeal filed with the state...
Macatawa Bank sues Lakeshore area developertag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12850292008-08-13T02:01:50Z2008-08-13T02:02:53Z HOLLAND -- A well-known Lakeshore area developer is being sued for more than $1.9 million by Macatawa Bank, which alleges he and his company have failed to live up to their loan payment obligations. Calvin Prins, his wife, Faith,...The Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/ebriesch/index.html
HOLLAND -- A well-known Lakeshore area developer is being sued for more than $1.9 million by Macatawa Bank, which alleges he and his company have failed to live up to their loan payment obligations. Calvin Prins, his wife, Faith,...
Rylee's hardware store gets city tax break for move, expansion plantag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12832342008-08-12T19:23:37Z2008-08-12T19:28:15ZPress File PhotoRylee's Ace Hardware, near Michigan Street NE and Fuller Avenue, plans to move to 1234 Michigan St. NE, formerly an armory site. GRAND RAPIDS -- Rylee's Ace Hardware expects to break ground next year on a larger store...MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/knagenga/index.html
Press File PhotoRylee's Ace Hardware, near Michigan Street NE and Fuller Avenue, plans to move to 1234 Michigan St. NE, formerly an armory site. GRAND RAPIDS -- Rylee's Ace Hardware expects to break ground next year on a larger store...
MPI Research to pay Pfizer $2 for two labs in downtown Kalamazootag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12813212008-08-12T13:04:35Z2008-08-12T13:07:22ZKALAMAZOO -- Pfizer Inc. will sell two of its downtown Kalamazoo laboratory buildings directly to MPI Research, which expects to occupy them by early 2009. In April, when Mattawan-based contract-research firm MPI announced its $330 million expansion at its headquarters...The Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/aangelo/index.html
KALAMAZOO -- Pfizer Inc. will sell two of its downtown Kalamazoo laboratory buildings directly to MPI Research, which expects to occupy them by early 2009. In April, when Mattawan-based contract-research firm MPI announced its $330 million expansion at its headquarters...
Steelcase finds workers wary of telecommutingtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12809522008-08-12T11:02:49Z2008-08-12T11:39:22ZGRAND RAPIDS -- While more companies are offering to let their employees work outside the office, many workers worry telecommuting could hurt their careers, according to a Steelcase Inc. study. The results are the first in a four-part Workplace Index...The Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gschroder/index.html
GRAND RAPIDS -- While more companies are offering to let their employees work outside the office, many workers worry telecommuting could hurt their careers, according to a Steelcase Inc. study. The results are the first in a four-part Workplace Index...
Man accused of Parade of Homes destruction charged in copper thefttag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12777052008-08-11T17:01:34Z2008-08-11T22:20:59ZMLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/knagenga/index.html
Nicholas Dykhuis II, accused in a $250,000 rampage at a Parade of Homes house in Ada Township, now awaits arraignment for allegedly stealing a large amount of copper piping from a Holland Township business.
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SavingsAngel subscribers click, clip and savetag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12693982008-08-10T12:00:00Z2008-08-10T12:30:17ZThe Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gschroder/index.html
While everyone else watches their grocery bill climb, Josh Elledge swears he spends less than $200 a month to feed his family of five and is building an Internet-based business by showing more than 3,000 subscribers how to cut their food bills.
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New floral shop opens at site of former Andicott flower market in Hollandtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12712632008-08-08T23:18:20Z2008-08-08T23:31:14ZPress Photo/Mark CopierPat's Fresh Flower Market owner Pat Johns, left, greets her first customer, Sara Ureel and her sons, Paul, 2, and Jonathan, 5, on Friday morning. Johns was a manager of the Andicott flower shop in Holland when it...MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/knagenga/index.html
Press Photo/Mark CopierPat's Fresh Flower Market owner Pat Johns, left, greets her first customer, Sara Ureel and her sons, Paul, 2, and Jonathan, 5, on Friday morning. Johns was a manager of the Andicott flower shop in Holland when it...
June rains make for big blueberriestag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12684002008-08-08T14:24:00Z2008-08-08T19:13:22ZCami Reister | The Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/creister/index.html
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Spartan president to become chief executivetag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12683482008-08-08T10:54:14Z2008-08-08T11:06:49ZBYRON TOWNSHIP -- Spartan Stores Inc. announced Thursday its board of directors has appointed company President Dennis Eidson as chief executive officer effective Oct. 15. CEO Craig Sturken will continue in his role as executive chairman. Eidson will remain a...MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jhaywood/index.html
BYRON TOWNSHIP -- Spartan Stores Inc. announced Thursday its board of directors has appointed company President Dennis Eidson as chief executive officer effective Oct. 15. CEO Craig Sturken will continue in his role as executive chairman. Eidson will remain a...
Denver official to head Grand Rapids visitors bureautag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12683292008-08-08T10:45:50Z2008-08-08T10:52:46ZGRAND RAPIDS -- A Denver convention official was tapped to lead the Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Douglas Small, 47, was named Thursday to take over as the local CVB's president. He replaces Steve Wilson, who left the...Chris Knapehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/cknape/index.html
GRAND RAPIDS -- A Denver convention official was tapped to lead the Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Douglas Small, 47, was named Thursday to take over as the local CVB's president. He replaces Steve Wilson, who left the...
Kent County hires Convention and Visitors Bureau president from Denvertag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12647012008-08-07T16:11:35Z2008-08-07T16:13:12ZGRAND RAPIDS -- One of the top executives at Denver's convention and visitors bureau will take over as president of the Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Doug Small, currently senior vice president for Denver Metro Convention & Visitors...MLive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/knagenga/index.html
GRAND RAPIDS -- One of the top executives at Denver's convention and visitors bureau will take over as president of the Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Doug Small, currently senior vice president for Denver Metro Convention & Visitors...
UFP Technologies transfers work to Kentwood planttag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12645592008-08-07T15:37:39Z2008-08-07T15:41:03ZKENTWOOD -- A Macomb County community's loss is West Michigan's gain. Packaging and component products maker UFP Technologies Inc. announced this week plans to shut down its Simco automotive plant and transfer work to its recently acquired Stephenson & Lawyer...Chris Knapehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/cknape/index.html
KENTWOOD -- A Macomb County community's loss is West Michigan's gain. Packaging and component products maker UFP Technologies Inc. announced this week plans to shut down its Simco automotive plant and transfer work to its recently acquired Stephenson & Lawyer...
Porenta's Furniture in Grand Haven closing after 62 yearstag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12639182008-08-07T13:17:57Z2008-08-07T13:19:18Z GRAND HAVEN -- At one time, there were four major furniture outlets in Grand Haven but soon there will be none. Porenta's Grand Haven Furniture, a fixture at 111 N. Third for almost 62 years and the sole surviving...The Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/aangelo/index.html
GRAND HAVEN -- At one time, there were four major furniture outlets in Grand Haven but soon there will be none. Porenta's Grand Haven Furniture, a fixture at 111 N. Third for almost 62 years and the sole surviving...
X-Rite reassures investors after posting losstag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12637202008-08-07T12:14:12Z2008-08-07T12:20:12ZKENTWOOD -- Executives from X-Rite Inc. tried to reassure analysts and reporters Wednesday a big second-quarter loss did not mean the color products company's woes are deepening. The company Wednesday reported a $20.9 million loss for the second quarter as...Chris Knapehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/cknape/index.html
KENTWOOD -- Executives from X-Rite Inc. tried to reassure analysts and reporters Wednesday a big second-quarter loss did not mean the color products company's woes are deepening. The company Wednesday reported a $20.9 million loss for the second quarter as...
Need job? Thinking 'green' might helptag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12635992008-08-07T11:44:28Z2008-08-07T12:13:25ZDETROIT -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm's No Worker Left Behind program is expanding training offerings, even though the year-old initiative has struggled to pay tuition costs for tens of thousands of displaced workers seeking educational assistance. Granholm said recently No Worker...The Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gschroder/index.html
DETROIT -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm's No Worker Left Behind program is expanding training offerings, even though the year-old initiative has struggled to pay tuition costs for tens of thousands of displaced workers seeking educational assistance. Granholm said recently No Worker...
Deal-makers worked fast to bring Priceline to Wyomingtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12633472008-08-07T09:23:09Z2008-08-07T14:53:14ZDarin Estephttp://connect.mlive.com/user/destep/index.html
The first contact from a consultant for Norwalk, Conn.-based Priceline came in April. The company announced its intentions on Wednesday. Birgit Klohs, right, president and chief executive of The Right Place Inc., calls it "one of those textbook deals from beginning to end."
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Expansion requested by DeltaPlex to host Arena Racing gets conditional supporttag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/grpress//878.12630422008-08-07T02:53:45Z2008-08-07T17:09:23ZPress Photo/Noel Webley IIDeltaPlex owner Joel Langlois presented plans Wednesday night to the Walker Planning Commission for an addition to host Arena Racing. WALKER -- Tire-smoking speed demons soon may have another local venue to satisfy their combustion engine ardor...Paul R. Kopenkoskey | The Grand Rapids Presshttp://connect.mlive.com/user/pkopenkos/index.html
Press Photo/Noel Webley IIDeltaPlex owner Joel Langlois presented plans Wednesday night to the Walker Planning Commission for an addition to host Arena Racing. WALKER -- Tire-smoking speed demons soon may have another local venue to satisfy their combustion engine ardor...